Branden Pierce - The Hilltop https://staging.thehilltoponline.com The Nation's Oldest Black Collegiate Newspaper Fri, 23 Apr 2021 20:42:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cropped-NewHilltopLogo-32x32.jpg Branden Pierce - The Hilltop https://staging.thehilltoponline.com 32 32 248273635 Chris Paul and Stephen A. Smith Headline New HBCU Docuseries https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2021/03/05/chris-paul-and-stephen-a-smith-headline-new-hbcu-docuseries/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chris-paul-and-stephen-a-smith-headline-new-hbcu-docuseries Fri, 05 Mar 2021 20:43:14 +0000 http://staging.thehilltoponline.com/?p=13504  Phoenix Suns point guard, Chris Paul and ESPN host, Stephen A. Smith, released a documentary called “Why Not Us: North Carolina Central Basketball” on ESPN+ Feb. 12.  The documentary highlights the obstacles HBCU sports programs face due to lack of resources, funding and awareness. In the documentary, they follow North Carolina Central men’s basketball team […]

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]]> 13504 A League Seventy Percent Black With Only Five Coaches of Color https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2021/02/25/a-league-seventy-percent-black-with-only-five-coaches-of-color/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-league-seventy-percent-black-with-only-five-coaches-of-color Fri, 26 Feb 2021 01:41:53 +0000 http://staging.thehilltoponline.com/?p=13410 The NFL continues its lack of diversity after only hiring one black coach out of one of seven open positions.

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]]> 13410 Battle of the MVPs: Monday Night Football, Has a Showdown amongst the NFLs Best QBs https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2020/10/01/battle-of-the-mvps-monday-night-football-has-a-showdown-amongst-the-nfls-best-qbs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=battle-of-the-mvps-monday-night-football-has-a-showdown-amongst-the-nfls-best-qbs Fri, 02 Oct 2020 00:46:00 +0000 http://staging.thehilltoponline.com/?p=13284 By Branden Pierce, Staff Reporter Viewers watched a Monday Night Football showdown between two of the NFL’s best teams and quarterbacks, on Sept. 28, 2020. The matchup included Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens against Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs. Both teams were coming off good 2019-2020 seasons, as both teams successfully made […]

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]]> 13284 The Era of the Black QB: The NFL Makes History Week One With 10 Black Starting Quarterbacks https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2020/09/24/the-era-of-the-black-qb-the-nfl-makes-history-week-one-with-10-black-starting-quarterbacks/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-era-of-the-black-qb-the-nfl-makes-history-week-one-with-10-black-starting-quarterbacks Thu, 24 Sep 2020 22:53:00 +0000 http://staging.thehilltoponline.com/?p=13239 By Branden Pierce, Staff Reporter The starting weekend of the National Football League (NFL) Season began Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020. Even through all the ongoing events and issues in the world, we were finally able to get football back on television.  During Week 1, viewers were able to see some great highlights and great plays, […]

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]]> 13239 The MEAC Announces Plan for the Postponement of Fall Sports: What Does This Mean? https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2020/09/13/the-meac-announces-plan-for-the-postponement-of-fall-sports-what-does-this-mean/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-meac-announces-plan-for-the-postponement-of-fall-sports-what-does-this-mean Sun, 13 Sep 2020 21:35:56 +0000 http://staging.thehilltoponline.com/?p=13007 By Branden Pierce, Staff Reporter The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) released a press release on Aug. 19, 2020, detailing possible plans of moving 2020 fall sports into the spring of 2021, in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. In the release, they laid out a tentative plan for a few of the fall sports teams, specifically […]

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